The Lord of Life Lutheran Church Sermon Podcast

The best stories draw us in and engage us, often leading from a beginning to a middle to an end. Mark’s Gospel is different and we have to ask why as we remember that the resurrection matters.

What has Jesus done to you? Jesus’ teaching of the disciples reaches across time and into our very being. The love of Jesus reaches into our lives on this Maundy Thursday.

What does it look like to give ourselves up to God? In this final message from our Lenten Midweek Series on “Giving it up” we hear from church member and young adult Bri Kennedy who wants you to know that when you give yourself up, when you give of yourself, you can make a big difference in our world.

Bri shares her story of traveling to Hong Kong to share Christ’s love, but it almost didn’t happen.

As a Christian, what constrains you? What is holding you back? Get untied from jealousy, un-forgiveness, judgment, from the things that constrain you from being the servant that carries Christ!

“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” What is it about that simple phrase that connects with us today? In this message, Pastor Paul shares his thoughts on what was happening when the Greeks made their request, and what the implications are for us, today, to be the ones who show the world and our neighbors Jesus.

Giving up our enemies can be a challenging thing. Seminarian Roger Fears shares his own story of creating an enemy and how he overcame with God’s help.

 

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When our cups are filled with so much we miss God’s unbelievable love.

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Does God call us to give up our sense of superiority? Seminary Drew Riter uses the story of the Woman at the Well to argue that Jesus calls us to precisely that. See what you think.

Giving up expectations? That’s what you do when God bursts into your life in unexpected ways that change everything. Seminarian Allie Smith shares her story of faith lost, then found in a river in India.

Jesus calls us to take up up our cross to follow him. Are we ready to deny ourselves to do it? What does that look like for us today?